Bud Abbott
Birthday: 1897-10-02
Place of Birth: Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Biography: William Alexander "Bud" Abbott was an American actor, producer and comedian. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.
Movies
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilari...
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde....
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster'...
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The Movie Orgy
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloop...
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Africa Screams
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know abo...
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Pardon My Sarong
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their...
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Mexican Hayride
Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend ...
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Abbott and Costello in the Movies
See America's funniest comedy team in rare movie trailers, hilarious highlights, belly-busting bloop...
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In the Navy
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tomm...
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Lost in Alaska
After two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide, they discover that the police mis...
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The Naughty Nineties
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act...
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The Noose Hangs High
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick u...
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train h...
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The Time of Their Lives
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th cen...
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy....
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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to...
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them...
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man....
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize ...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They de...
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Buck Privates Come Home
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan g...
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Dance with Me, Henry
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trou...
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Comin' Round the Mountain
Al Stewart and Wilbert are magicians doing a stage act when they run into Wilbert's cousin, Dorothy ...
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Here Come the Co-Eds
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publi...
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Hit the Ice
After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the mountain r...
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Keep 'Em Flying
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to...
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The Hollywood Clowns
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history....
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Buck Privates
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop ...
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One Night in the Tropics
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'lov...
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In Society
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the p...
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Little Giant
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the cro...
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Hold That Ghost
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. The...
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and ta...
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder...
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Who Done It?
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio stat...
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Jack and the Beanstalk
A young boy trades the family cow for magic beans. Ascending the beanstalk with the butcher who sold...
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Showbiz Goes to War
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War ...
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It Ain't Hay
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feedin...
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Rio Rita
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican bord...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war...
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Knights of the Bath
Short film cobbled from the Abbott & Costello feature In Society for the home movie market....
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Lost in a Harem
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic unc...
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Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Documentary featured on the Classic Monster Collection and Monster Legacy Collection for The Mummy (...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t...
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods....
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The Many Faces of Dracula
Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula...
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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual ...
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions sp...
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Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
Offering 1950s television audiences night after night of vaudeville-style hilarity, comic legends Ab...
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Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
Join the most popular comedy team in history with a collection of their most loved classic skits! Hi...
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The World of Abbott and Costello
A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In the Na...
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Fun on the Run
Bixby College needs to win the girls' basketball tourney prize-money in order to survive, but a pair...
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Kitchen Mechanics
Lou and Bud start their new job as live-in caretakers on a college campus by trying - very trying - ...
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers f...
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Behind the Burly Q
Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque....
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Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
The best collection of the famous duel's live performances....
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The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends like “Who’s On First?,” and “The Lemon Bit,” th...
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Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC dram...
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10,000 Kids and a Cop
A documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in L...
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Abbott & Costello in the Movies
The funniest moments of legendary comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are captured in this choice...
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Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
A compilation that highlights works from the Three Stooges. It includes the shorts Brideless Groom, ...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi...
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Twenty Years After
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then ...
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Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld celebrates the lives and careers of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Featured are clips f...
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The Big Parade of Comedy
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history....
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Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
A biography of comedian double act Bud Abbott & Lou Costello...
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Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
Celebrate the season with this collection of sketches starring the hilarious Abbott and Costello and...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
A documentary from Universal about the movie Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein....
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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a...
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The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
"He-e-ey Abb-o-o-o-tt!!" screamed Lou. And all America knew the fun was about to begin. For decades...
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Midget Car Maniacs
Abbott and Costello partake in a midget car race, and things quickly go south....
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Classic Comedy Teams
Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and televis...
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Hey Abbott (1978)
Take a golden trip down memory lane with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and their classic zany, rapid-f...
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